You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,'" he said. "It's that simple.

But it was important to simply be sought, even if you didn‟t ever want to be found.

Are those the only options? Nothing or forever?

It's funny how someone's perception of you can be formed without you even knowing it.

Fine...a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.

I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once.

Again, it occurred to me how weird it was to be permanent in a place that to everyone else was only temporary. Like I could never be sure if they were the ones who weren't real, or if I was.